Nikolaos van Dam

Nikolaos van Dam
Nikolaos van Dam
Born 1 April 1945 (1945-04-01) (age 66)
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Occupation Diplomat and author
Language Arabic, Dutch, and English
Nationality Dutch
Education Doctor in Literature
Alma mater University of Amsterdam
Notable work(s) The struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism and tribalism in politics, 1961–1994
Notable award(s) Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Spouse(s) Marinka van Dam-Bogaerts
Children 4

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Nikolaos van Dam (born 1 April 1945, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is a Middle East scholar, former Dutch Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, and Indonesia, and author.[1]

Van Dam studied Arabic and Political & Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (cum laude), where he obtained the degree of Doctor in Literature in 1977. He taught Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Amsterdam (1970–75), was First Secretary at the Netherlands Embassy in Beirut, covering Lebanon, Jordan and Cyprus (1980–83), Chargé d'Affaires of the Netherlands in Tripoli, Libya(1983–85), and Deputy Director for African and Middle Eastern Affairs at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1985–88). He was also Ambassador of the Netherlands in Baghdad, Iraq (1988–91; accredited until 2004), in Cairo, covering Egypt and Palestinian occupied territories (1991–96), in Ankara, covering Turkey and Azerbaijan (1996–99), in Bonn & Berlin, Germany (1999–2005), and in Jakarta (credentials presented on 8 September 2005), covering Indonesia and Timor-Leste (2005–; credentials presented on 8 February 2006).[2]

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He is the author of The struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism, and tribalism in politics, 1961–1978, الصراع على السلطة فى سوريا: الطائفية واﻹقليمية والعشائرية فى السياسة – الطبعة الإلكترونية, Taylor & Francis, 1979, ISBN 0856647039,[3] and the subsequent The struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism and tribalism in politics, 1961–1994, 1995.[4]

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